To XRAYRON, yes I repeatedly hit F2 as soon as power on. Sorry for not clarifying. I've worked with enough mb that I kind take it for granted as that being the way of getting into the BIOS setup.

To Danmart, I'll try those tonight after I get home from work. And yes, after posting this yesterday, I tried a different keyboard -- no dice.<Sorry for the double post - I realized I put my response in as a possible solution instead of a comment>

To XRAYRON, yes I repeatedly hit F2 as soon as power on. Sorry for not clarifying. I've worked with enough mb that I kind take it for granted as that being the way of getting into the BIOS setup.

To Danmart, I'll try those tonight after I get home from work. And yes, after posting this yesterday, I tried a different keyboard -- no dice.

Those alternate key combos didn't work. It also dawned on me that none of the normal POST output is displayed. Might be time for a new motherboard.Those alternate key combos didn't work. It also dawned on me that none of the normal POST output is displayed. Might be time for a new motherboard.

I'm curious if you have pressed F2 over and over and over as soon as you turn the PC on. Like hit power and start hitting F2 I've had a few mobos that would only goto bios like that.I'm curious if you have pressed F2 over and over and over as soon as you turn the PC on. Like hit power and start hitting F2 I've had a few mobos that would only goto bios like that.

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Found this solution online. This suggestion did resolve my problem: " I confirm for my Microsoft Natural Multimedia keyboard. It has an F-lock key at the right of F12. By default, all function keys do the actions Microsoft assigned for them: Help, Undo, Redo, New, Open, Close, Reply, Forward, Send, Spell, Save and Print. If you want them to work as regular F1...F12, you have to enable F-lock after every reboot. Very aggravating. There's a way to swap the function roles in Windows, but F-lock still needs to be enabled at boot time after the keyboard is reset to be able to use F keys normally in BIOS or DOS."

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